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ON THE 



KLONDIKE 



Mow to Go 

When to Go 
Where to Go 

WHAT TO TAKE 

WHERE TO GET IT 



If interested in flining, especially in Alaska Hining, read this 
little pamphlet through before leaving home. If you have friends in 
any part of the World, get copies and mail to them. 



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YALLtAU & PETEllSON. Printers, 410 Sansome Street San Krani- 



SMITHS' CASH STOBE. 



ALASKA PRICE LIST. 



35-37 Harket St,. 

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Many 



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Of those we outfitted for the Alaska mines in 1895, 1896, have 
returned laden with gold, and all speak in praise of the provis- 
ions and "outfits" obtained of us, and the secure manner of 
packing the same. Many letters from those sent out in 1897 
speak kindly on same lines. M. D. Quaid & Co. write from 
Dyea that "their $250 outfit bought of us was the best packed of 
any they saw on the trail, and NOT AN ARTICLE LOST." 



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Free to all who call or send for copy. 
Issued to promote sale of goods at our 
store and San Francisco generally. 
Public places will be provided a num- 
ber of copies for distribution. 



SMITHS' 
Cash Store 



25-27 narket St., S. F. 

Publisher 




OUR 

MONTHLY 
PRICE LIST 

The Home Circle, 44 pages, 
will be mailed free to any ad- 
dress. It will pay you to send 

for it — — -^ 



Estimates 



Let us figure with you on 
any proposition to sell 

goods for cash in any quantity 



aXlTBV CASH STORE. 



ALASKA PRICE LIST. 



[Edited and published by Smiths' Cash Stors.] 



Alaska. 



Embraces a large extent of 
AT^ ASK A country, owned and governed by 

the United States, although sepa- 
rated by British Columbia from the mainland of 
this government. It is not intended in this pamph- 
let to describe the territory, but to refer principally 
to its mining features. 

The towns on or near the jagged 
TO^JVNS coast are Sitka, Juneau, Skaguay, 

Dyea and St. Michaels, the latter 
near the mouth of the great Yukon K.iver. Interior 
towns ot importance are Circle City and Dawson 
City. Other ■ settlements and trading posts have 
been made on Copper River and in other places on 
the Yukon and in the northern gold fields. The 
furthest north of these settlements is Cape Blossom, 
on Kotzbue Sound, 500 miles north of the mouth 
of the Yukon, where a mission and school has been 
established by the Society of Friends, under the 
care of California Yearly Meeting. 

The rivers emptying into the 
RIVERS Pacific Ocean or its bays are the 

Stickeen, Taku, Chilkat, Kus- 
kokwin, Yukon and other smaller streams. The 
Yukon is one of the great rivers of the world. 
It is on this river and its tributaries that the 
recent gold discoveries have been made. 

It is not too much to say that 
MINING Alaska should be, and will be, 

reckoned among the greatest 
gold producing countries of the world. For several 
years gold mining has been carried on around 
Cooks Inlet, at St. Lawrence Island, and at many 
places, very extensively and very profitably. It ' 
was not until 1895 that the recent discoveries on 
the tributaries of the Yukon began to receive at- 
tention. It is either because those making the dis- 
covery partly concealed it, or on account of the dis- 
tance and inaccessible location of these new mines, 
the world was not greatly interested in them until 
the output began to arrive in San Francisco, about 
July I, 1897. During 1896, however, many expe- 
ditions were fitted out and went from this city 
in search of the new Eldorado. 

The richest diggings yet 
LOCATION brought to the notice of the 
public are on the Klondike, 
Stewart and Bonanza rivers and other less noted 
branches of the Yukon. Most of these discoveries 
are on the American side, but quite a few are in 
British territory. Dawson City is claimed to be on 
English soil, but there are many who think when 
the lines are carefully run it will prove to be an 
American city. Gold in paying quantities has also 
been discovered on Copper River and other streams. 
It is not too much to believe that the entire plateau 
dividing the waters of the three oceans, Pacific, 
Atlantic and Arctic, or the streams traversing it, 
will be found to be one vast gold field, requiring a 
long term of years and a dense population to mine 
out. Those who expect to make fortunes in placer 
mining, or on trade propositions accompanying it, 
should be, and will be, early on the ground, at the 
opening of transportation in the late winterer early 
spring of 1898. 



How to Go. 

If your starting point is anywhere in the United 
States, except possibly Washington, Montana or 
northern Oregon, or if in Europe, take passage 
direct to San Francisco by any route of your selec- 
tion. San Francisco is and will remain to be the 
base of supplies for the north, where all classes and 
kinds of goods are made and carried in stock for 
immediate delivery at prices lower than anywhere 
else on the coast. More careful attention is given' 
here to furnishing miners with the right article at 
the right price than can be done elsewhere. Furs 
are abundant and cheap; provisions are better and 
cheaper than elsewhere; wool clothing is a native 
California product, our blankets surpass those of any 
other mills and are largely sold all over the world. 

Transportation from this point is better and 
more reasonable than from other western ports, as 
tourists have the choice of routes and vessels, which 
will be leaving for the north nearly every day when 
the season opens. Many new steamers are now be- 
ing built for northern trade, and others fitted up for 
similar service. Expeditions and exploration 
parties are being organized for prospecting new 
districts jointly, which can be fitted out here at 
short notice. 



Where to Go. 

For those who wish to engage in placer mining, 
the Klondik,e settlement is probably the objective 
point. This practically embraces a region 100 
miles square or more, and is all open to mining 
settlements except a small proportion already 
staked. 

Copper River, further south, but whose head 
waters extend almost or quite to the Klondike 
country, offers many inducements to the prospector 
or adventurer. This river is not navigable for large 
craft for any great distance, or it would prove a 
short and easy route to the new mines. 

A reference to the map on page 1 1 will show the 
short cut by way of Dyea, as compared with the 
easier route by way of St. Michaels and the Yukon. 
It is probable that tramways, or even rail routes 
will be built over the Chilkat pass between now 
and March, 1898. Of this parties will be kepi 
advised. 

For tho.se who wish to work at mining, and are 
satisfied with $4.00 to $6.00 per day, the old coast 
mines were at last accounts seeking help on this 
basis, as many had left for the new fields, where 
they could earn from $10.00 to $20 00 per day in 
salaried positions. 



When to Go. 

While various enterprises are fitting out in this 
city at this time and vessels leaving frequently for 
coast points of Alaska, we do not encourage and 
would not advise anyone to think of leaving here 
before February 15th. From that time to July ist, 
and not later than this period, unless better facili- 



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ALASKA PRICE LIST. 



ties exist for getting over the mountains or ascend- 
ing the Yukon than have existed in the past. The 
majority who fitted out here in i8y6-i897 left the 
city in May, but thousands took passage in July 
and August, after the stampede was announced. 
The breakina: up of the ice on the Yukon is uncer- 
tain. Navigation must be delayed until the river is 
fairly clear of ice; while somewho have spent years 
in Alaska ..nd are familiar with the mountain 
passes, claim they can be traversed as readily in 
winter as in summer, but this idea we do not 
endorse. 



Cost of Outfit. 

XHINGS The cost of a complete outfit 

nprfc EA.T for Alaska varies according to 

the habits, tastes and pockets 
of the buyer. One year's provisions, including 
medicines, can be obtained from $40 to $100, but 
the average price for good fare and a limited supplj* 
of luxuries is $75. With this sum well laid out and 
goods carefully cared for no one need go hungry. 

For ordinary placer mining 

MINING tools may be obtained for 

f QQI^^ $20 to $25, but this can be 

extended to $50 or more for 
articles to experiment with or use according to the 
advanced plans of raining. 

A good campstove will cook 
CA.IHP for four or more persons. 

Q'JJ'J' JT J'j'g This, with other cooking uten- 
sils for comfort and economy 
and to make life run smoothly when the day's 
work is done, should cost $10 to $15, and might 
be extended to $25 where several are to share 
the cabin or tent. 

This will admit of more vari- 
'^VEA.R.ING ations, of course, than others, 
QIJ'J^JT J'j* and bears some relation to the 

dress of men in urban life. 
Many go forward with the expenditure of $45 to $50, 
and even less. The average outlay is $75. Then 
those who have been used to all the creaturely com- 
forts at home, and include a good tent, fur blankets, 
sleeping robes, fur-lined, with fur clothing for outer 
wear and double supply of blankets, can readily 
run this sum up to $125, and even $150, although 
very few expend this amount. 

More persons go forward with the expenditure or 
$200 or less than exceed this outlay. If, however, 
it is deemed desirable to go comfortably clad, be 
well fed and well supplied with conveniences fof 
the undertaking in prospect, we do not recommend 
you to expend less than this sum. 

The trading and trans- 
TR.ANS" portation companies 

PORTATION which have practically 
controlled Alaska trade 
before this season, are actively in the field for the 
coming year, as they carry large stocks of provi- 
sions at various places in the north, they do not 
encourage miners and others to take supplies with 
them. Those who want to be on the safe side and 
have at least one year's outfit under their own con- 
trol and ownership will not choose a vessel that 
does not carry such provisions as they will cer- 



tainly require. Our bulletin boards posted every 
day will give best and latest information about the 
sailing of vessels, and we will cheerfully advise as 
to rates, accommodations, fare and other facts 
which will be sought after by those making the 
journey. 



Packing 



Will be done as buyers desire, either for Man back or 
Mule train. For putting goods in shipping order in the 
usual commercial manner, no charge. For Labor of usual 
or unusual packing, no charge. For canvas, duck or oil 
bags, an extra charge at cost is made, according to size and 
quality. We use no paper sacks in packing. All bulk 
groceries are weighed up in cotton sacks instead of paper 
bags. The regular outside canvas packing bag will turn 
rain and costs each 20c. We usually pack 50 to 70 lbs. in 
one bag. We recommend a black oiled bag to be used out- 
side of each canvas bag, and an oilskin bag outside of that. 
Then if the provisions (on which one's life depends), soak 
in the river over night they cannot be destroyed. 

We stencil the owner's name in full on each bag, box or 
bundle. We mark a list of contents on outside of each 
bundle. The guaranty of safety that our superior packing 
facilities and experience affords is -worth 10 per cent at least 
at the start, and is at your service free of charge. 

We prefer plenty of time 
PROMPTNESS to pack and ship in, but 
have sold^ selected^ packed, 
marked, drayid attd delivered a $200 outfit to one party within 
sixty minutes from the time he entered our door, no part of 
which was ready beforehand, besides arranging to hold 
the steamer for him. If short of time, we can supply you 
with everything from under our roof at once in good shape, 
where others might fail. 

At buyer's discretion we can furnish a 
-_. f\-^0-wj-x» number of articles above enumerated 
^^3 »l> ml(K. at one-fourth, perhaps one-third less of 
PKK^jgg a cheaper grade. No one can or does 
undersell us. "Large sales and small 
profits" applies to our Alaska trade as 
well as our regular business. We don't ask or expect a 
prospector to pay us any more than any one else. In fact, 
concessions on large orders are sometimes made. Bear in 
mind, if lower prices are quoted that a corresponding re- 
duction in quality takes place. It takes an expert to tell 
the difference sometimes, and as you will be obliged in a 
measure to trust someone with your order, it is imperative 
to place it where you have 

._.,,^._^_._,_._^__._^_ _.__ In the firm handling it. 
CONFIDENCE We don't claim to be bet- 
ter than everybody else, 
but we do claim to own a larger export business, covering 
goods sold direct to consumers in Alaska, Japan, Korea, 
China and the Sandwich Islands, than all other firms on 
the Coast combined. This trade has been built up year by 
year, based on confidence. April, 1S97, we were awarded 
the United States Government contract, supplying every- 
thing to all the Government stations in Alaska. These 
supplies were shipped in June, making a shipload of 270 
tons. Fully one-half the miners who outfitted at San Fran- 
cisco bought of us this season. All whom we have heard 
from were pleased and gratified with the result. We have 
heard that our goods were the best packed of any on the 
trail. We value our reputation in Alaska as much as else- 
where, and shall not allow it to suffer. 

»_»_-»«>. From special lists submitted 
ESTIMATES at any time will be cheerfully 
figured upon, no matter what 
size, none too small to interest us, and none too large for 
us to handle in the inteiest of the buyer. 
*~»iw A ■»J*~*-E«cs TS-WJ Are likely to occur. 

t^M.A-i^t»tiS IJ^ We are compelled 

MARKET VALUES to,, submit prices 

ruling now (Octo- 
ber, T897), subject to market change. Butter will be much 
lower in March nest. Early spring rains start pasture 
growing. Our general outfit contains a larger variety than 
many, thus, if the variety be cut down you will have to 
add a larger weight to something else. 



SmrllS' CA8H STOBB. 



ALASKA PRICE LIST. 



25-87 Market St., 

San Franctico. 



/n^fw 1%^ '1V#~*¥J*C ^^ '* ^°^ advisable to carry too 

^■■3lx»..W*3ril»CT much flour, sugar and bacon, or 

IN OUTFIT °""^i' heavy staple goods over 
the pass, as these can be bought 
at Dawson when steamers arrive. We advise taking more 
of the finer groceries, as no one can at once change to a 
diet of flour, beans and bacon, and the luxuries or com- 
forts lOst no more to transport. 

-r^.tf-wiTK rv^vm <a -n>.vm.T.«~« ^"^ piece of tobacco will 
FOR TRACING go further in trading 
FUK.POSES with an Indian than any- 

thing else. We have all 
grades, from 2Sc lb. to 50c lb. Useful trading articles are 
clothing, job lots, blankets, calico in gay colors, beads, 
cartridges, rifles, bar lead aud flour. 

¥Tktf*T^?T* To take along mosquito netting, and 

iJVP.^J i. lots of it; snow glasses, medicines, 

FORGET citric acid, a water filler ($1.25), or 
water distiller (f2.50). it you value 
pure water, and a hunting knife. We carry a full line of 
ammunition. 

Winchester rifle, 44 calibre |io 75 

200 shells for same 3 00 

And inquiries will have our prompt 
|U^^J¥ attention. From this list you can mail 

^-^__ _-^ _,— — ^ an order ahead of your arrival, and it 
^.r«CiJE«m.tCT will havethesame attention as though 
purchased in person. Better and prob- 
ably cheaper transportation facilities will be offered from 
San Francisco than any city on the Coast. Larger whole- 
sale stocks are carried here than elsewhere, San Francisco 
being six times tlie size of anv Coast port. Why not outfit 
where you can coinniand the larjeest variety (your life may 
depend on being properly equipped), and where prices are 
lower on everything, including hotel bills, and f-ompt 
attention is to be haH. We do not own or run any vessels, 
but are .simply merchants favoring no particular company 
or " scheme.'' 



General Outfit. 

The quantity stated below is ample for 1 man for 
1 year. Many go with less. Figures are based upon 
estimates made by the head of an Alaska party of 100 men 
whom we outfitted in 1896, who reported back that every- 
thing was exactly right in quantity, quality and packing. 
The members 01 the 1896 party who returned bought of us 
again in 1 897 on this basis, thus proving it dependable from 
actual experience. One-half or sis months' supplies will 
cost one-half this estimate. It has also been carefully re- 
vised, under instructions from a prospector who went as 
far as the Lakes and returned this Fall. Articles on list 
are subject to change at option of buyer. 

{Prices subject to market changes.) 

A Grade B Grade 

Extra Choice 

Weight. Quality. Quality. 

300 lbs. Flour, 6 sacks. Best Family $ 7 50 | 7 13 

50 " Rolled Oats or Oatmeal 200 i 75 

50 " Cornmeal i 25 i co 

10 " Baking Pow.ler 3 75 3 00 

100 " Bacon (especially cured) 12 50 lo 00 

50 " Ham, Sugar Cured 6 50 5 50 

50 ' ' Beans, colored or small white i 25 i 00 

20 " Dried Peas, No. 1 50 50 

30 " Corned Beef, 2-lb tins 300 275 

30 " Roast Beef, Veal or Lamb, 2^-lb tins 2 50 2 25 

6 " Deviled Ham, 12 large tins 275 120 

40 " Butter, 2-lb tins 12 00 10 00 

7 ' ' Cheese ( i ) Y. A i 00 90 

6 " Lard, 2 pails. 70 60 

20 " Syrup, 2 gallons. Cane 130 100 

10 " Honey I " 100 90 

24 " Condensed Milk, 24 cans 2 20 2 00 

20 " Dried Apples or Figs 80 50 

20 " " Prunes 80 50 

20 '• " Peaches i 20 80 

20 " " Pears 100 50 

20 " " Apricots I 20 80 

50 ' Condensed Potatoes 800 650 

10 " " Onions 4 00 300 

10 •' Ev. Turnips, Carrots or Cabbage. . . 200 200 

I " R.xtract of Beef, 8 2-oziars 5 40 480 

5 " Consolidated Soup Stock 3 75 3 75 



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30 " Rice |i 

25 " Coffee, ground, in sealed tins 7 

5 " Mixed Tea, Family 2 

5 " Ground Chocolate i 

150 " Sugar, Dry Granulated 8 

30 " Pilot Bread i 

8 " Candles (50) 

20 " Table Salt 

20 bars Borax Soap i 

I lb. Black Pepper 

% " Cinnamon or Nutmegs 

I " Mustard or Ginger 

1 " box Yeast Cakes 

2 " Pickles, quart bottles 

Yi doz. Chili Peppers, no charge. 

EXTRAS. 

We suggest the following, some of which everyone takes 
more or less, in addition to or in place of part of regular list 
above: 

I lb. Matches, flaming light (i doz) $ 10 

10 " Smoked Beef i 25 

yi " Cayenne, pure 15 

10 " Olive Oil, pure (i gallon) 2 00 

3 " California "Oil" Olives, ripe ( I quart) 35 

1 " Coffee and Milk, in cans (2 cans) 90 

6 " Chipped Beef, i-lb tins i 50 

i>i " Sardines, French, ^48, (6 tins) 75 

2 " Smoked Herring (2 tins) 30 

2.S " Salt Pork ( I keg) 225 

25 " Canned Corn, Maine (2 dozen) 2 50 

25 " Pork and Beans, Tomato Sauce ( I dozen). . . 75 

Flavoring Fxtract, 4-0Z bottle. . 25 

200 ft. Fish Line, i box Hooks 65 

50 " Eggs, packed to keep (30 doz) market rate. 

12 " Lemon Sugar (i dozen) 2 50 

2 " Litne Cordial, with sugar (i quart) 50 

25 " Pure Jelly, i doz 2-lb tins 2 00 

7 " Maple Sugar, in bricks i 00 

I " Condensed Mince Meat (2 packages) 15 

5 " Evaporated Quaker Corn, sweet 50 

25 " Oysters, i doz 2-lb tins 2 10 

12 " Soup, Franco-American, in tins (i dozen)... 2 35 

10 " Buckwheat Flour, self raising 50 

25 " Self-Raising " white 100 

4 " Vinegar, pure, I i-qt bottle 15 

10 " Salt Codfish Bricks i 00 

10 " Assorted Nuts i 25 

8 " Germea Mush (2 packages) 40 

5 " Toilet Cocoauut Oil Soap (12 bars) 35 

8 " Babbitt's Soap (10 bars) 45 

I Bowie Knife, in sheath i 50 

Pack Saddles $3 50 to 5 00 

CAMP UTENSILS. 

(For 11 ranipof 2 to 4 men.) 
I 4hole Sheet Iron Stove, 2 pans, oven and pipe . f 5 00 

1 Sheet Iron Bake Pan, 13x13 20 

I I o-qt Granite Camp Kettle 60 

I 6 qt " " " 50 

I 4-qt " Coffee Pot 50 

I 8-qt Heavy Tin Bread Pan and Spoon 30 

I 2 qt Galvanized or Tin Dipper 10 

1 Cooking Knife 25 

2 Sheet Iron Frying Pans 45 

2 Granite Cups 24 

2 ' ' Plates 25 

2 Knives and F'orks 20 

2 Spoons OS . 

I Bean Pot 15 

Weight of above list ofCimp Utensils, packed, 50 lbs. 

Note. — We do not recommend Russia Iron Camp Ket- 
tles, as they turn the food black. Tin are better, but 
Granite Ware is the Best. 

BOAT BUILDING TOOLS. 

(Ue(|Uire<l for Boat liuilduiK.) 

I Axe f I 00 or I I 25 

I Hammer, best made 50 

I No. 3 Broad Hatchet 85 

I 6-foot Whip Saw and set of Handles 6 00 

I 4-foot one-man Saw 2 00 

I Hand Saw i 00 

I Rip Saw 125 

I Jack Plane 85 

I lo-inch Dravy Knife 7° 



Sunrr cira stobk 



ALASKA 



1 --i-iiicli Chisel 

I Brace and 2 Bitts (% inch and i inch) 

t Files 

I Whetstone, Tam-6'-Shanter 

t Saw Set 35c or 

100 feet >^-inch Rope, i6>i lbs at loc 

lolba Pitch 

5 ' ' Oakum 

so " 6, 8 to lod Wire Nails 

Chalk and 100 feet Line 

Weight of above Tools, packed to ship, 76 lbs. 

MINING TOOLS. 

X Gold Pan 50c or 

J good Pick and Handle 95c or 

1 " Shovel, long handle 85c or 

1 Gold Scale $1 50, larger 

I 9-inch Blow Tube 

6 6-inch Test Tubes 

I Mortar and Pestle, Iron , I quart 

I pi^ce Charcoal 

I imall Hand Bar 



$0 4S 
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30 
2S 
85 
I 6s 
40 

50 
80 

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50 
25 

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SPECIALTIES. 

For which we are exclusive agents, having them manu- 
factured for or by us, and not to be had elsewhere. 

Folding Yuken Stoves, 2 holes $ 6 00 

" 4 " 7 50 

" Alaska Gold Rocker, small 10 00 

" " " " large 1200 

Yukon Sleigh, Juneau Pattern 6 00 

Newton's Folding Sleigh 7 50 

Miners' Hot Lunch Pail, 5 compartments i 00 

(See advertisements of above elsewhere io this book,) 

MEDICINES. 

Our Drug Department supplies everything that can be 
required in the way of Drugs, Medicines, Syringes, Chest 
and Lung Protectors and Special Food Preparations. Each 
must cater to his own personal constitutional requirements, 
but we append a list of necessaries which everyone going 
north should order largely from. 

Citric Acid, against scurvy, I-lb can $ 75 

Quinine, for colds, chills and fever, etc, in all forms. 

Pills, in bottles of 100, each 35 

Pure Quinine, in sealed can, each 60 

Capsules, empty or filled, at close prices. 

Compound Cathartic Pills, boxes, each 15 

Essence of Ginger, strong 4 oz 25c, pints 85 

" " Peppermint, strong 4 " 25c, " 85 

Arnica Tincture 4 " 25c, " 75 

Glycerine, pure 4 " 20c, " 50 

Castor Oil, " 4 " 20c, " 50 

Vaseline bottles 5c and loc, i-lb cans 40 

Witch Hazel pints 25c, quarts 40 

Porous Plasters 10c or 3 for 25 

Belladonna Plasters loc or 3 for 25 

Court Plaster package 5c, i-yd roll 50 

Saccharine, pure, in U -oz tins i 25 

Above is the equivalent of 25 lbs pure cane 
sugar, being 500 times sweeter. 
Saccharine Tablets, very handy for sweetening cof- 
fee, etc. Entirely harmless. One Tablet is 
sufficient for a cupof cofiFee. 

TOO >^-grain Tablets in each box 50 

too i-grain " " " 85 

Special Medicine Chests, fitted complete with all 

necessaries. According to size. . .J5 00, 1000, 25 00 

The $5 chest sufficient for party of 2, 3 or 4. 

In addition to the above, everyone will probably need 

aome of the following — all of the purest quality and put up 

in the most convenient manner. When possible everything 

is packed in tin to avoid breakage. 



Paregoric 

Camphor Liniment 

Comp. Licorice Powder 

Magnesia 

Camphor 

Alcohol 

Carbolic Salve 

Mercury Ointment 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 
Friar's Balsam 
Epsom Salts 
Rochelle Salts 
Spirits of Camphor 
Cascara Fluid Extract 
Arnica Salve 
Carbolic Acid 



O. H. KNORHS, Heilbronn, Germa| 
TEGETABLE SOUP TABLETS. ??oi'p"fes"'isso^r'^SH] 

eludes Pea, Bean, Lentil, Potato, Barley, Green Kern, Rice, Farina, Trj 
oca Julienne, Price, per tablet, 123^0 ; per dozen, $1.40. Knom' Eri] 
wurst or Marrow Pea Soup, ^ lb., 20c ; X lb. 35c Knorrs' Julienne (Dri 
Soup Vegetables), finest thing for sonpi ; x lb. carton, 45c ; dozen, $5.(1 
^ lb. carton, 35c; dozen, $3.75. Knorrs' Compressed Vegetables, }i li 
packets, each makes 25 plates of vegetables, guaranteed never to sweat 1 




The sailing distance is shorter and more direct from San F' 

more favorable 



COMTKNTS or aS.OO MEDICINE CHBST. 

Quinine Pills Vaseline 

Cathartic Pills Porous Plasters 

Sasence of Ginger Court Plaster 



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COOK'S inlet/ 

PRINCE WILLIAM 

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CE LIST. 



As supplied to the French and 
German army and navy, 
old. We offer the first that have arrived in this country, either Cabbage, 
nions, Celery or Leeks; each package wrapped three-fold, first wax, 
len foil, then paper; Price, 25 CENTS ; dozen, $2.75. Knorrs' Pea or 
e«n Flour, % lb., 20c ; dozen, 12.25. 

ATTTTTftV n-DSTTTVe Raffauf & Co., Coblenz, Germany. 
■ULlLiLiUW lAfBUiiKB. gach capsule makes 2 large cups deli- 
ons Bouillon or Beef Tea, with all the natural richness and flavor. To 
5 dissolved in hot water, each 5c; dozen, 55c. 



Vorld Renowned Goods. 




3 to St. Michaels than from any other coast port owing tc 
)ver this course. 




MendMd)>( 

flVWMtt lOOTCS Of ■ 

ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S 

OCEAN STEA.HERS. 



Essence of Peppermint 

Arnica 

Glycerine 

Spirits of Camphor 

Paregoric 

(Full directions for al 



Epsom Salts 
Magnesia 
Carbolic Salve 
Carbolic Acid 
Absorbent Cotton 

: on each package- ) 



Some take the following, of which we carry full ^i^l<^8; 
Tooth Brushes Hair Brushes Combs Toilet Soa|j 

Shaving Soap Toilet Paper Perfumery Sponges, Bt^ 
Patent Medicines at CdT Rates. 









special Outfits, 

Segregated for convenience and dispatch, ready on (hact 
notice. Price quoted is for the entire lot in a lump. Am^ 
iiv€ly n* changes or aitgration in the assortment at this price, 

OUTFIT C, $50.00. 

(Necessities only for one man for one year.) 

300 lbs. flour; 15 lbs. macaroni; 10 lbs. salt, table, C. I.| 
12 cans deviled ham, |+ lb.; 100 lbs. dried peas; 25 lb*, 
dried apples; 25 lbs. dried prunes; 200 lbs. red beam; a$ 
lbs. coffee; 15 'bs. .soap; i box mustard, I lb.; 5 lbs. tea; loo 
lbs. bacon; 50 Ibs.rice; 100 lbs. corn meal; 25 lbs. corn, dried, 
bult; 25 lbs. dried peaches; i pkg. soda; 12 cans condensed 
milk; 4 lbs. baking powder; 40 lbs. sugar, dry granulated; 
I lb. pepper; I box yeast; i gross matches; 10 canvas bag*. 

Price of above Outfit C, packed and delivered on board, 
fso.oo. No changes will be made in assortment at thia 
price. 

OUTFIT B, $75.00. 

300 lbs. flour, 6 sacks, best family; 50 lbs. rolled oaU o» 
oatuieal; 50 lbs. corn meal; S lbs. baking powder; 100 lb«. 
bacou (especially cured lot); 50 lbs. beans, colored; 50 lb*, 
dried peas. No. i; 20 lbs. corned beef (10 cans), 2 lb.; la 
cans roast beef, 2yi lb; 12 cans deviled ham, large; 20 Iba, 
butter, 2-lb. tins; 6 lbs. lard, 2 pails; sj-rup (2 gAllona), 
suifar house; 18 cans condensed milk; 10 lbs. S. D. apple«t 
10 lbs. S. D. prunes; 10 lbs. S. D. peaches; 10 lbs. S.I>.pe»T«t 
10 lbs. apricots; 25 lbs. condensed potatoes; 10 lbs. coi^ 
densed onions; 8 2-oz. extract of beef; 5 lbs. consolidatdl 
soup stock, in tins; 20 lbs. best Japan rice; 15 lbs. coffe*, 
ground, in cans; 4 lbs. mixed tea, family; 100 lbs. sugari 
20 lbs. pilot bread; 50 candles; 10 lbs. Carmen Island salt; 
12 bars Sliver Borax soap; I lb. black pepper; % lb. cinna* 
mon or nutmegs; I lb. box mustard; i box yeast cakca; 
Yz doz. Chili peppers, no charge; i gross matches; I lb. 
citric acid; 15 canvas bags for packing. 

Price of above Outfit 15, packed and delivered on boards 
$75.00. No change can be made in the assortment at this 
price. 

OUTFIT A, $100.00. 

(For one man for one year.) 
300 lbs. flour, 6 sacks, best family; 50 lbs. white rotl«4 
oats; 50 lbs. corn meal, finest; 10 lbs. baking powder, paz« 
Creme de Luxe; 75 lbs. bacon, bellies (special cured Iot)t 
50 lbs. ham, fancy; 50 lbs. beans, red, pink or small whltct 
20 lbs. dried peas; 24 lbs. corned beef (12 cans), 3 lb., 
Cudahy Packing Co.; 12 cans roast beef, 2'/^ lb.; la eama 
deviled ham. Underwood's, ^s; 30 lbs. butter, in tUu* 
fancy, at 28c; i cheese, pineapple, small; 6 lbs. lard, 3 paill^ 
pure; 2 gals, hotcake syrup; i gal. maple syrup; 34 caaA 
condensed milk; 10 lbs. evaporated apples; 10 lbs. faacy 
prunes; 10 lbs. evaporated or peeled peaches; 10 lbs, acw 
figs; lolbs. fancy apricots, new; 25 lbs. condensed potatoaij 
10 lbs. condensed onions; lo lbs. soup stock; 2 8-oz. e xtra c t 
of beef; 20 lbs. fancy head rice; 15 lbs. M. & J. cofla^ 
ground, in cans. Aureola brand; 4 lbs. mixed tea, finMlt 
150 lbs. granulated sugar; 12 assorted jams, in tin; )^ OMk 
pilot bread, 20 lbs; 50 candles, 10 oz., Electric; 10 lb«. mU^ 
fancy table; 12 bars Silver Borax soap; i lb. black pepM^ 
Fidelity; % lb. cinnamon or nutmegs, pure; % lb. MK 
Colman's mustard; i box yeast cakes. Magic; 'A doz. ChU 
peppers, no charge; I gross matches; i lb. citric acid| M 
bars soap, laundry; 2 cakes toilet soap ; 10 lbs. smoka4 
beef; 2 doz. cans corn. 

Price of above Outfit A, packed and delivered on baai4L 
$130.00. No changes can be made in the assortmaat ^ 
thii price. 



SMITHS' CASH STOUK. ALASKA PRICE LIST ^«-^' """et St . 

^__^^.^^^^_^__^^_^_^___^_^__^_^^_^^^^^^^^ -"-/ivj X . j^g^ Kranciaco, 

The following notice, offered by the leading steamship company of this Coast is worthy of a careful readine 
You can enclose stamps to them, or to the publishers of this pamphlet, for anrof tie iterature they o^^^^ 
l^d^tToL"'^ ■rh""LTtrar:?r;':nrr;^'''°°^' ^""^^ '^^° '° -' ^^^* °- ^^-^^ -^ P— ^- ^^^ best °accot 

--^ Pacific Coast 5teamship Company w^/-- 

« ?^tMirV'^''''^''^f company has been running The following books, pamphlets and maps, pub- 

Vr7ltZ t A^ °^ s^^i^e--^/™^ the port of San lished by the above company, are delivered free 

fv.rTTnT]^ f for over twenty years, carrying at the offices of the company, or mailed on receipt 

the United States mails and the Alaska express, of stamps to cover postage- 

It also runs steamers to the princioal Dorts of Mex- utr * r. t. ^i ^ , / «. , 

ico, Oregon, Washington and our'own State being "^T, pafe? ''""' ^'''^' °f Alaska," 

the principal carrying company (by water) on the ,,„ <- ^ u" "u"'r^\"":': -fostage 2 cts 

Pacific Coast, with offices at every port. It is well to Reach the Klondike," answers to 

equipped with vessels especially adapted to Alaska everyday queries Postage 2 cts 

trade, manned with seamen and pilots who are ^^P °^ Alaska, showing the different routes to 
familiar with Alaskan waters. the Gold Fields, of value to every pros- 
Travelers northward are advised to consider well pector Postage 2 cts 

the advantages of going by a well established route, Folder and Time Table of sailing of steamers 

employing the best vessels and guaranteeing best ^"-"^ ^'^^^ months; also contains a map of 

care and good fare, in preference to patronizing those the Pacific Coast from Mexico to the most 

who are without experience, without proper vessels northerly points. Most correct map in 

or capital to procure them. Vessels are dispatched ^^^ Postage 2 cts 

every five days by this company for the north, and "North and South," a finely illustrated book 

increased service will be added if the public de- of 76 pages Postage 5 cts 

mands it. See that your tickets read by the Pacific ' ' Alaska Excursions" Postage 2 cts 

Coast Steamship Company's line of steamers. Att rjnor- „„ o„„i: *.: -i j i_ 

^ ^ ^ caiucia. All ^ REE on application or mailed as above stated 

QOODALL, Perkins & Co., General Agents. 

10 Market Street, San Francisco, Cai,. 
Ticket Office, Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal. 



What to Take. 

This must always vary according to the taste, 

inclination and pocket of the purchaser. From 

the following lists purchasers will be able to make 
selections to suit all demands: 

HEAD WEAR— MEN'S. 

All-wool Scotch Caps, 634' to 7>^ f 50 

Extra Heavy Chinchilla Caps, 6J^ to j^ i 00 

" Mask Caps, 6K to 7J4 1 25 

" Fur Caps, 634; to 7>^ 2 00 

" " Sealette Caps, 634^ to 7>^ 200 

Sheep Pelt Hoods, all sizes i 50 

China Goat Hoods. " 2 00 

All-wool Knit Sleeping Hoods 75c. and i 25 

Crass Fox Fur Hoods, all sizes 5 00 

COATS— MEN'S. 

Mackinaw, All-wool, Unlined Coats, sizes 36 to 48 

|2 00. 2 50, 3 00, 3 50, 4 00 and 5 00 

I,eather, Flannel-lined Coats, 36 to 48 5 00 

Leather and Corduroy Reversible Coats, 36 to 48 6 50 

Heavy Duck, Flannel-lined, 36 to 48 |2 50 and 5 00 

" " Rubber-lined, 36 to 48. . $2 50, 3 50 and 4 00 

Sheep Pelt, Unlined Coats, 36 to 48 7 00 

Goat Pelt, " " 36 to 48 $9 00 and 12 00 

ULSTERS-MEN'S. 

Heavy Duck, Flannel-lined, with Belt, 36 to 48 

f 2 50, 4 00, 5 00, 7 50 and 10 00 

Heavy Duck, Rubber-lined, with Belt, 36 to 48 5 00 

TESTS— MEN'S. 

Sheep Pelt. Unlined Vests, 36 to 48 $3 00 and 4 00 

Heavy Duck, Flannel-lined, 36 to 48. $1 00, i 25 and 2 50 



PANTS— MEN'S. 

All-wool, Mackinaw, unlined, all sizes $2 50 and 3 50 

McMillian, " " , qq 

Heavy Duck, Blanket-lined, all sizes ji' 50 and 2 00 

OVERSHIRTS— MEN'S. 

Extra Heavy, Wool, Blue Flannel, Marysville or 

Stockton Mills, I4j^ to 19..$! 25, i 50, i 75, 2 00, 2 50 

Extra Heavy, Wool, Cassimere, assorted patterns, 

14;^ to 19 $2 00, 2 50 and 3 GO 

UNDERWEAR. 

1 Large, Heavy Chest Protector 75 

2 Extra Heavy Wool Undershirts, each |i 50 and i 7s 

2 Heavy, Double-front Undershirts, each i 25 

Extra heavy Swiss Conda Underwear, each 2 00 

Undershirts for Summer Wear, not wool ' ' 50 

2 pr Extra Heavy, Wool Drawers, each $1 50 and i 75 

2 pr Heavy Double-seat Wool Drawers, each i 2 s 

2 pr Cotton Drawers, for Summer Wear, each 50 

GLOVES AND MITTS. 

Goat Gloves, 7K to 11 25c. and 50 

Oil Tan Buck Gloves, 7^ to 11 75c, $1 00 and i 75 

Horse Hide Gloves, fire and water proof, 7 !^ to 1 1 i 00 

Oil Tan Buck Gloves, with Gauntlet, y'/i to 11 . .|i 00, i 25 
Fur Gloves, Corduroy-lined, Kid and Buck Palms, 

with or without Gauntlets, y^ to ii}4 ' 2 00 

All-wool, Extra Long Mitts, all sizes 25c and 50 

Sheep Pelt Mitts, with Gauntlets, fire and water 

proof, all sizes 75c, $1 00 and i 25 

All-wool, Extra Long Mitts, Buck or Calf-faced, fire 

and water proof, all sizes 1 00 

BELTS. 

Men's Oil, Tan, Goat Money Belts j ou 

FOOTWEAR. 

Leather-soled Rubber Hip Boots : . . . 6 50 

Crack Proof Hip Boots, be:,t 6 75 



SMITHS' CASH STOBK. 



ALASKA PRICE LIST. 



3 50 
I 25 



FOOT WE A R— Continued . 

Snag Proof, Duck Hip Boots $5 25, extra $6 00 

Felt Boots, for inside wear i 00 

Arctic Socks, " " 25 

Prospector's Lace Front Hoots, W.P 5 00 

Baker's Celebrated Water Proof Boots 4 5° 

Klondike Shoes, High Cut, Outside Counter. Large 

Eyelets, water proof ** 5° 

2-buckle Perfection Overshoes, heavy j ^ ao 

Men's ArcUcs and Snow Excluders |i 50 and i 00 

" Extra Long Wool Hose, heavy ' 

Long Wool and Felt Hose 'J^ 

Extra Heavy Wool Half Hose S 

" Heavy Wool Half Hose ■ Jl 

Denim or Canvas Leggings 50c ann /3 

Alaska Supplies. 

BLANKETS. 

Extra Heavy Navajo Blankets, made by Arizona In- 

dians, water proof J/ :^T„A€i nn 

Good Wool Blankets, 4 lbs $2 50 and f 3 00 

All-wool Blankets, 5 lbs • • • • • . ■•■■•; "* 

Heavy Blankets, 6, 8, 10 and 12 lbs. to the pair, best ^ ^^ 

Extr'a^Tne" ReTBlankeVs', ■ peV pair : : : : from- $5" oo- to- 18 00 

TENTS. 

7x7 A or Wedge Tents of Heavy Duck, complete, ex- 

cept without poles, best goods ° 3/^ 

Same, second quality goods • 5 o" 

Larger Tents in Proportion. 

RUBBER BLANKETS. 

7x8^ feet. Hemmed, with Grommets, each 

Lighter one and Smaller, each 

Freight Packing Bags, each 

CANTAS BAGS AND SAILOR BAGS. 

Oil Bags for packing freight • • ■ 5oc and 65 

Large, Heavy Sailor Bags, in all sizes and different 

grades.. from 50c to 3 00 

CANTAS. 

Canvas in all widths and grades. 

30.inch Duck, per yard : • • -oc, 12 J^c and 15 

2.yard wide Heavy Canvas, per running yard . . .57c to 90 

SLEEPING BAGS. 

Made of Canvas and Blanketing $>o °° 

Made of Fur and Canvas Lined, water proof. ib 00 

., .. 4. " larger. . 10 00 

PACKING STRAPS. 

ForShouldersandBack, to carry goods.... $1 00 and i 25 

FUR ROBES. 

(For Sleeping Purposes.) 

Large Size, 72x120 inches. Heavy Canvas Lined f 12 00 

Extra Large, 72x150 inches, " " 1500 

MOSQUITO NETTING, ETC. 

Per piece of 8 yards ." " L ' " V '*° 

Hunter's Circular Mosquito Veil, weighted 5° 

Handkerchiefs, Mens 5c, I oc and 12/2 

Towels, Bath 12 c, 20c and 2 5 

MinBi^ HoUnnch pail. 



As Shown in Cut, 
$1.00. 

This is a grand help over 
the cold lunch problem. 
Neat, compact. All the ves- 
sels shown fit one inside the 
other, and the alcohol lamp 
on the bottom, heating all 
the food above. 





HORLICK'S 
MALTED MILK TABLET 

Melt in the mouth ; delicious. Six 
ounces equal to three square meals. By 
long odds the best food to take to Alas- 
ka. We sell 
I flask (like cut) filled with "ji lb 

of Tablets $ So 

i-lb tin, of Tablets to refill flask,. I 00 

5-lb ' " " •■ 4 50 

.^__ _^, lolb ■' " " " " ' •■ V 50 

We also supply the powdered form, which is prepared bj 
simply adding water; no milk or cooking required This 
food is prepared from pure, rich, full-cream tnilk com- 
bined with the valuable nutritive extracts of malted barley 
and wheat. The product, being highly concentrated and 
partially predigested, supplies the greatest amount of nutri- 
tion with the least tax upon the digestive organs 

What you need is a delicious, concentrated nutrient like 
HORLICK'S Malted Milk, containing all the nutritive 
elements in milk and the cereals, ready for instant use. 
digested rapidly and without effort, and having great sus- 
taining and recuperative powers. Malted Milk Tab- 
lets represent more nerve and muscle bone and sinew 
building material for their weight and bulk than any other 
food substance known. Enough for a day's nourishment 
weighs but six ounces. They make an ideal early inorn- 
ing lunch, or at night are very invigorating and bene- 
ficial. They are non-alcoholic and absolutely free from 

^"wl^havHesigfetf Especial pocket flask for carrying these 
tablets, as shown above, holding enough for a day s use 
Armed with one of these you are able to prospect all day 
without need to re turn for or stop to prepare meals. 

YUKON 
FOLDING STOVES 

Patent Applied for. 



Smitlis' Cash Store 

Sole Agents for Pacific Coast fl§ 

Opan-Rcady for Use. 



Weight of two- 
hole Stove, IS 
lbs. ; size, 24 
inch, long by 
I2j4 in. wide 
by 12 in. high 

Price, $6.00 

Weight of four- 
hole Stove, 20 
lbs. ; size 24 
inch, long by 
igj^ in. wide 
by 16 in. high 

Price, $7.50 

The two-hole 
Stove will do 
the work for a 
party of two or 
four men, and is 
as easy to carry 
as a hand sat- 
chel. The sav- 
ing in bulk and 
weight is its 
greatest advan- 
tage , and for 
this reason it is 
recom mended 
to miners or 
'^'°5'° prospectors in 

Alaska. It will pay for itself several times over in the 
saving of transportation charges. 

We also supply the trade with 2-hole and 4-hole Yukon 
stoves of the regular Yukon pattern, made from best ma- 
terial, and finished in a first-class manner. 

Price of 2-hole Stove ... $3.76 

Including 2 joints of pipe, 2 pans and a lifter. 

Price of 4-hole Stove . ...$5.00 

Including 2 joints of pipe, 2 pans and a lifter. 




HUIHS' CASH STORE. 



ALASKA PRICE LIST. 



THOMASON'S 

Ef APORATED TEGETABLES 

Patent Applied for. 

Tftvese are put up with scrupulous care as to cleanliness, 
and the aim of the manufacturer is to produce an article on 
merit, superior to any other market oSering in quality; the 
first consideration being to produce an article that can be 
positively guaranteed to keep indefinitely. 

It is generally admitted by all who have seen them that 
Thomason's are the best Evaporated Vegetables on the 
market. We are able to supply them to the trade in 
any quantity at lowest ruling rates. Have cooked them 
in various ways and find them palatable, containing more 
nourishment than any others, the natural flavor being re- 
tained Should be soaked over night, same as dried fruit. 
The onions are cored and peeled. Take Thomason's pro- 
cess, and you will have the best and run no risk of quality 
or keeping properties. 

SMITHSMCASH STORfc, 



Cable Address" 
FIDELITY. 



KGENXS. 

35-87 MARKET STREKT, 
San Francisco, Cal. 



YUKON SLEIGH. 




Price $6.00, ready roped. 

The regulation Juneau pattern. Only genuine one to be 
had in San Francisco. Price less than in northern cities. 
Take one of these along. 

^"^ Juneau Folding 5!eigh. 





CLOSED. 
This saves freight on steamer as it takes only one- 
fourth the room, and goods are taken by measurement. It 
need not be taken apart to pack over the pass. Well made 
-and finished; strong. Size, same as the $600 Sleigh. 

Made from seasoned Oak, 3 years old. The JUNEAU is 
a patented article and can be had only through us. Sleighs 
are an absolute necessity until May ist. They canuot be 
built on the trail as there is no lumber to be had suitable 
anywhere in Alaska. Juneau merchants charge not less 
than $10.00 for this same sled. Buy here and be sure of it. 

Price, $7.50 
SMITHS' CASH STOEE, Sole Agents- 



PASSEXGER. 
RAXES 



Should be obtained from 
the various transporta- 
tion companies. We are' 
merchants only and pre- 
fer not to quote passenger or freight rates. We believe the 
steamship companies inadequate to handle the business, 
and advise those going to book early. Endeavors are being 
made to sell tickets from Paris and other European points 
through to Dawson City, with stop-over privileges in San 
Francisco. The steamship rate at present from San Fran- 
cisco to Dyea is quoted, first-class, 148.00; second-class, 
$29.00. Time occupied about ten days. Freight costs 
$20.00 per ton to Dyea. These figures will, no doubt, lower 
when competition begins. The rate to Dawson City via 
St. Michaels and the Yukon River is usually about $250.00. 
No one should start wiihout several hundred dollars- 
besides the price of fare, etc. 



IS THE BEST 



because steamers sail 
direct from San Fran- 
cisco to Dyea, Skagua 
and St. Michaels. Second, because of a larger market here 
in which to purchase, thus insuring keen competition and 
lower prices than in any northern city, where larger profits 
are exacted; besides difficulties and delays already experi- 
enced (many stood in line three days to get an outfit last 
summer in Seattle) and which may be greater than ever 
in the spring. 

Third. San Francisco is the great distributing point to 
the world for its far-famed Calif ornia Dried and Evaporated 
P'ruits, Beans, Flour and other produce, all of which can 
be bought here at first hand. 

Fourth. We are also the head of the market for Leather 
Goods and Fur Clothing. Prices are lower in San Fran- 
cisco, as anyone can find by asking for quotations. 

Fifth. Lower through excursion rates will be quoted 
via San Francisco by the railroad companies. 

Sixth. Better hotel accommodations. 
■■j-»j>«- w * DT TR* ^^ the course of an inter- 



AUTHORITY 



Snow Shoes ^'^^^ ^^ "" ^'^^''^ mdi^^s, per ,.-., $5 _oo 



esting lecture given in 
San Francisco October 
2ist, Mr. Sheldon Jack- 
son, head of the U. S. Bureau of Education of Alaska, and 
who has just returned from Dawson Cii}', stated that Alaska 
covers one-sixth as much territory as all the balance of the 
United States, the distance from north to south of the 
territory being as great as from Boston to Cuba, and from 
east to west as far as from San Francisco to Chicago; and 
that the Hawaiian Islands are nearer to San Francisco than 
Alaska, and San Francisco occupies practically the central 
position geographically between Alaska and United States. 
There are 460,000 acres of agricultural land along the basin 
of the Yukon River, and millions of acres of cultivatable 
land in southern Alaska. Minerals to be found are coal, 
iron ore, coal oil, copper, silver and gold, the largest gold 
mill in the world being situated at Juneau, Alaska. Four- 
fifths of Alaska produces gold. 

Mr. Jackson strongly urges that where possible the 
women should accompany their husbands in making the 
trip, and that any healthy woman can do so; the women 
standing the trip and the hardships as well as the men. 

The climate is mild in Southern Alaska, or in the warm 
belt and the average winter temperature recorded at Sitka 
for over twenty years past shows that it is the same as that 
of Richmond, Va. The interior losses the effect of the 
Gulf Stream and the thermometer frequently falls to 75^ 
belowzero; the average winter temperature being 40 below. 

The travel in summer is by native canoe, and by dog 
sleds in winter, and there is not a road, as we understand 
the term, in all Alaska. 

The Government is unable to exert its authority, owing 
to the great distance to be covered. 



IN CONCLUSION We are the only peo- 
pie who have dared to 
publish a Price Lict of this nature. We have done the 
largest amount of outfitting of any firm in the city, in fact 
nearly all of it. We have the only complete facilities at 
present to be found, and as we do a fair and legitimate 
business in the Alaska trade, as well as in all other, we 
have no hesitancy in submitting our goods and our prices 
to open criticism. 

Yours for more business. 



S. F., October, 1897. 



SniTHS' CA5H 5T0Rt. 



SMITHS' lASH SIXIBG. 



ALASKA PRICE LIST. 



THE 

"ALASKA" 

FOLDINB 
ROCKER 





As convenient to carry as a gun 
case and weighs complete but 
Fifteen Pounds. 

Can be set up or knocked 
down in One Minute. 

Don't fail to see them. 

Made in two sizes. 



No. 1 - - 18x36 inches 
Price $10-00 

No. 2 - - 20x42 inches 
Price, $12.00 




ALASKA FOLDING ROCKER 



This device is the result of careful thought and mechanical arrangement, by an experienced miner and 
mechanic, and is the outgrowth of necessity. 

Every practical miner or other person having had experience in saving gold by means of a "Rocker' is 
aware of its great inconvenience and liability to breakage in transportation, and is particularly so on a trip to a distant 
country like 

THE KLONDIKE 

Where much of the work of gold saving must be accomplished by means of a Gold Pan or Rocker. The former are too 
slow and the latter have been too inconvenient and burdensome to carry over narrow trails and through rough canyons. 
THE ALASKA FOLDING ROCKER retains all the well known good points of the ordinary Rocker and. 
overcomes all objectionable features. 

The Rocker when knocked down folds into a convenient package for carrying, weighing but 15 pounds, and can 
be set up ready for operation in one minute, without the use of a screw or bolt; and when so combined, is as strong and 
durable as an ordinary Rocker weighing from 35 to 40 pounds. 

The entire Rocker is made with a view to lightness, ease of transportation, convenience, efficiency and durability. 

The bottom is made of No. 10 Duck, the best material known for catching gold, securely fastened to the wooden 
sides; the folding screen is made of No. 4 Steel and the spreaders of hard wood, and small pieces are hinged to the body 
of the Rocker so they cannot be lost. The rockers or bows are made of the finest steel, always returning to a straight 
piece when detached. They need no extended description, as their many advantages are self-evident, and to go to the 
Klondike without one is like going duck hunting without a gun. 

A "greenhorn" will save all the gold he finds with this Rocker, and requires no long experience, as he does with 
a pan. Ten times the work is accomplished in the same time. With this Rocker a valuable claim may be located that 
would be overlooked without. 

It sells on sight. Don't wait to place your order. 

The trade of the United States supplied by SIVII I HS OASH S I OREf 

SOLE AGENTS. 25 arxd 27 rvIsarUet Street, 

Orders book?d and delivered in turn. 
Send in early. 



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ALASKA PRICE LIST. 



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more goods to Alas- 
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any other San Francisco firm. This is not by chance 

or accident, but obtained through lower prices on de- 
pendable goods and our superior facilities for handling 

this particular business. We have fitted out many 

mining parties. Saved one party $22.33 each on 

"Grub" alone. Is it any wonder we sell the goods .'' 

Call or send for estimates. No trouble. We can help with what is wanted. 

done rightly. Our experience and care at your service. Rebates on big lots. 

NO ORDERS TOO LARGE 

NO ORDERS TOO SMALL 

To Suit Us and Profit the Buyer 



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You Need Us. 

We Can Help Yon. 

Look in at Us. 



The Store that belongs to all the people 
of the Coast for trading purposes. 



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25=27 Market St. 

San Francisco, California, U. S. A. 
Contractors to the U. S. Government in Alaska. 



